creators_name: Kelly, Hilary
creators_name: Shiel, Robert
creators_name: Edwards, Sandra
creators_name: Day, Jon
creators_name: Browning, Helen
editors_name: Powell, Jane
editors_name: et al., 
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2006-10-23
lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:32:26
metadata_visibility: show
title: The effect of different paddock rotation strategies for organic sows on behaviour, welfare and the environment
ispublished: pub
subjects: 2farming
subjects: 7pigs
subjects: 7animalhealth
subjects: 5emissions
full_text_status: public
keywords: Colloquium of Organic Researchers; COR; pigs; behaviour; excretion; paddock rotation; management strategies; welfare; environment; livestock 
abstract: This report was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference. Two alternative paddock rotations for dry sows were established on an organic farm: Rotational (40 x 40m moved three times per year) and Set Stocked (120 x 40m in place for one year). Sows showed distinct preferences in the location of dunging and urination within the paddocks (p<0.001), but no differences between the paddocks. Vegetation cover under the sows was similar overall in the two paddock systems, but showed differences over the year. Work to model the potential for nutrient leaching in the two paddock systems is ongoing. 
date: 2002
date_type: published
publication: Proceedings of the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference
publisher: Organic Centre Wales, Institute of Rural Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth
pagerange: 273-276
refereed: never
referencetext: Edwards SA, Jamieson W, Riddoch I, Watson CA (1998) Effect of nose ringing and dietary modification in outdoor pig production on temporal changes in soil nitrogen status. Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science. p42. 
Marcellis J, Kelly H, Browning H, Day J, Edwards S (in press) Excretory behaviour of lactating sows in an outdoor organic production system. Proceedings of BSAS/ ISAE Annual Meeting, York, UK, 9-11 April 2002.  
citation: Kelly, Hilary; Shiel, Robert; Edwards, Sandra; Day, Jon and Browning, Helen (2002) The effect of different paddock rotation strategies for organic sows on behaviour, welfare and the environment. UK Organic Research 2002 Conference, Aberystwyth, 26-28 March 2002. In: Powell, Jane and et al., (Eds.) Proceedings of the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference, Organic Centre Wales, Institute of Rural Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth, pp. 273-276.
document_url: http://orgprints.org/8420/1/kelly_Paddock_rotation_strategies_sows.pdf